That Time I Talked to an SBC Executive Committee Member
Eight years ago, in the fall of 2014, I had the opportunity to correspond with a member of the SBC Executive Committee about the SBC sexual abuse offender database that didn’t exist yet. His name was Roger Oldham, and he showed up in the 288-page investigative...Southern Baptists and a Culture that Breeds a Generation of Abusers
This week the 288-page report about abuse in the Southern Baptist Church (SBC) came out. To some, it was utterly shocking. To others it was, “It’s about time.” I guess it depends on which side of the road you were standing on. What you had seen,...When Does Sin Become Idolatry? A New Perspective on an Old Question
Last week I reposted (on my Rebecca Davis—Untwisting Scriptures Facebook page) my four-year old “Idol Factory” post, and again I received several heartfelt responses, both publicly and privately. A reminder that this pernicious teaching is still actively tormenting...Did the Bereans Think Paul Was a Charlatan?
I’ve heard sermons extolling the Bereans for searching the Scriptures, but it’s a rare preacher indeed who will urge his listeners to themselves search the Scriptures to see if what he is teaching them is true. When I’ve heard it, it’s often been about fact-checking...“We Are Just as Vulnerable”: A Response to The Gospel Coalition
The tragic Ravi Zacharias story Friends, it usually takes me quite a while to process before I’m ready to comment on a horrific story. Many others have already written, and written well, about the fall of Ravi Zacharias from his high standing in the Christian world....
I’m Rebecca Davis, a trauma-informed writer, book coach, speaker, compassionate witness, prayer minister, and lover of Jesus who lives in Greenville, South Carolina.
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